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B&O Old Main Line Tour
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B&O Washington Branch Tour
The B&O Washington Branch (now CSX Capital Sub) splits from the Old Main Line in Relay to reach Washington, DC. It was built around 1835, but contains fewer surviving relics than the OML. The route is busier and less scenic. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parkway Center - Apr 2016 Patuxent Branch, part 1 - Aug 2020 part 2 - Aug 2020
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B&O Metropolitan Branch Tour
The B&O Metropolitan Branch, now CSX Metropolitan Subdivision, starts in Washington, DC and progresses northwest to Weverton, MD. This tour continues to Harpers Ferry, WV as the Cumberland Subdivision. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Georgetown Branch mile 0 to 1 - Nov 2022 mile 1 to 2 - Aug 2010 mile 2 to 3 - Sep 2010 mile 3 to 4 - Oct 2010 mile 4 to 6 - Dec 2010 mile 6 to 8 - Jan 2011 mile 8 to 11 - Feb 2020
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B&O Tours Around Baltimore
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short B&O branches
around Baltimore 
many are now part of CSX's Baltimore Terminal Subdivision |
Camden Cutoff and Spur mp 3 to 1.5 - Jul 2021 mp 1.5 to 0.7 - Aug 2021 mp 0.6 to 0 - Sep 2021 Locust Point Branch mp -1.5 to 0 - Dec 2022 mp 0 to 2 - Jan 2023 mp 2 to 3.6 - Feb 2023 South Baltimore Branch - Oct 2024 Curtis Bay Branch mp 4 to 0 west - Jul 2023 mp 0 to -2 east - Oct 2023 Seawall Branch mp 0 to 1 - mid-MAR 2025 mp 1 to 2 - Apr 2024 Marley Neck Branch mp 8 to 5 - Jan 2025 mp 5 to 3 - May 2024 mp 3 to 0 - Mar 2021 Baltimore Belt Line - includes Howard St Tunnel Howard Street Tunnel Project - mid-MAR 2025 mp 96 to 94 Camden to Mount Royal - Mar 2025 mp 94 Jones Falls - Jun 2020 mp 94 to 92 Remington to Waverly - Feb 2025 mp 92 to 89 Clifton Park to Bayview - Oct 2024 Philadelphia Branch mp 89 to 82 Bayview to Poplar - Jun 2023 mp 82 to 74 White Marsh to Clayton - Sep 2017 mp 73 to 63 Van Bibber to Aberdeen - Jun 2022 mp 63 Aberdeen Station - Nov 2017 mp 63 to 58 Aberdeen to Susquehanna - Jun 2018 Sparrows Point Branch mp -0 to 1 Bayview to Canton Jct - Aug 2018 mp 1 to 5 Canton Jct to Dundalk - Apr 2017 mp 5 to 10 Dundalk to Sparrows Point - mid-MAR 2025 Topical Chasing 958 - Jan 2024 |
Pennsylvania Railroad in Maryland
By combining several smaller roads, Pennsylvania Railroad was able to break the B&O's monopoly on long-distance rail service from/to Maryland and Washington, DC. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Other PRR / now Amtrak and NS: Baltimore and Sparrows Point RR - Dec 2017 Catonsville Short Line - Mar 2024 part 2 - Feb 2024 Claremont Branch - Nov 2016 Sparrows Point Branch - Mar 2023 part 2 - Apr 2023 Union Railroad West - Sep 2024 URR East - Oct 2024 URR South - Dec 2024 Amtrak Acela Locomotives - Apr 2023 Amtrak ACS-64 Locomotives - Sep 2024 Penn Line Mile by Mile - Aug 2024 Other ex-PRR: Canton Railroad - Jul 2023 part 2 - Aug 2023 part 3 - Sep 2023 RF&P Subdivision - May 2022 Landover Subdivision - Sep 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other Area Rail Tours
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Trolley / Streetcar / Commuter Lines: DC Metro Green Line - Mar 2023 Huntingdon Avenue Viaduct - Aug 2022 MARC engine photos - May 2023 RI Avenue Trolley - to Beltsville - Dec 2022 part 2 - to Laurel - Mar 2024 Trolley Line #9 - to Catonsville - May 2022 UR&E in Dundalk - Jan 2025 Baltimore Light Rail: Hunt Valley to Lutherville - Apr 2021 Riderwood to Woodberry - Jun 2021 Woodberry to Penn Station - Jul 2021 Penn Station to Camden Station - Aug 2021 Stadiums to Westport - Sep 2021 Westport to Linthicum - Oct 2021 Shipley to Cromwell - Mar 2024 BWI Airport spur - Dec 2021 Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Railway, Main Line: Washington DC to Patuxent River - Apr 2019 Two Rivers to BWI Airport - Feb 2022 Linthicum to Patapsco River - Jun 2024 Patapsco River to Westport - Nov 2018 Westport to Carroll - Jan 2021 Baltimore - Jan 2025 Annapolis & Elk Ridge RR / WB&A South Shore: Annapolis Jct to Patuxent Switch - Mar 2023 Odenton - Dec 2020 Millersville to Annapolis - Aug 2023 Annapolis Short Line / WB&A North Shore / B&A: Annapolis to Winchester - Jul 2018 Arnold to Elvaton - Aug 2018 Marley to Ferndale - Sep 2018 Shipley to Baltimore Highlands - Dec 2021 Cliffords to Baltimore - Sep 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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B&O Engine Finder CSX Engine Finders part 1, part 2 Liveries B&O to CSX - Apr 2024 MoW Equipment: CSX - Oct 2023 CSX 2 - Nov 2023 Other - Dec 2023 Night Moves - Dec 2024 No Location: around the area - Nov 2019 Other RRs around the area - Jan 2022 |
| guest author |
HH Harwood, Jr. Corporate Relationship Nomenclature - Feb 2024 |
| miscellaneous |
News: Railfan Cameras Your help needed with Unknown photos Wanted: your quality railroad photos Baltimore City Intersections - Jun 2023 Korean War in Color: a few trains - Aug 2023 Signs: fun and unusual - Aug 2019 Signs 2: more - Oct 2019 Signs 3: still more - Jul 2024 Topographic Maps: NC mileposts added - Oct 2020 |
| my favorite pics and resource recommendations |
Favorite Pictures - Apr 2022 Favorite Books - Feb 2025 Favorite Links - updated periodically |
| initial (old) version of these pages, now outdated |
Railroads - July 1999 Commuter Rails - July 1999 Highways and some RRs - August 1999 PRR Baltimore to Washington overview - Oct 2017 |
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